Chapter 498 Don’t leave lightly
When Li Tai heard Chen Yuankang talk about the conditions Gao Cheng offered him, he immediately perked up. He didn't really want to return to the Eastern Wei, but just wanted to hear how valuable he was in the eyes of this second-generation Eastern Wei.
A comprehensive judgment is needed to determine the power, status and value of a person in the world, and the evaluation from the enemy is of great reference value.
After Chen Yuankang finished talking about the Eastern Wei's price, Li Tai couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and secretly sighed that Gao Cheng was indeed one of the strongest second-generations in the Three Kingdoms. He really understood this complicated situation, and his ideas were bold and his style was radical.
To find out how sincere and valuable Gao Cheng's conditions were, we have to look at how the Eastern Wei has always treated those who surrendered and those who need to surrender.
For example, the Wanqi Pu father and son, Ke Zhu Hunyuan and Liu Feng, who returned to the country voluntarily, who were too old, need not be said much. After all, the times are different and the reference value is not great. In recent years, the Western Wei people who were lured to surrender by the Eastern Wei included Wang Sizheng and Wei Xiaokuan, and all of them happened during the Battle of Yubi.
In the eighth year of Datong, Gao Huan surrounded Yubi for the first time. When he recruited Wang Sizheng, he offered him the position of Bingzhou governor, and gave him the core military and political position of the hegemony government. The treatment was generous.
In the twelfth year of Datong, the second battle of Yubi failed after a long siege. Gao Huan used Zu Ting, a military officer, to recruit Wei Xiaokuan, but failed. He simply offered a reward to the city people: those who could kill Wei Xiaokuan and surrender would be appointed as Taiwei, be granted the title of Kaiguo County Duke, and be rewarded with 10,000 pieces of silk.
This was certainly because Gao Huan was furious and tried his best, but it also showed that this kind of reward was the highest standard for the Eastern Wei to treat surrendered people.
Although the official title system of the Eastern and Western Wei was slightly different, if Li Tai could be retained in the Eastern Wei system with his current position in Guanxi, he would definitely be treated as the highest level of dignitaries.
Of course, the most generous conditions are the latter ones, namely, the hereditary governor of Northern Yuzhou, the governor of the three cities of Heyang, and the establishment of a mobile office.
Although two of the three cities of Heyang have been lost, and Northern Yuzhou has become the occupied area of Hou Jing's rebellion, Gao Cheng's promise is a bit of adapting to local conditions and driving the tiger to swallow the wolf.
But then again, if Li Tai can't even provide this value, why should Gao Cheng give such a high position and generous salary to win him over? It should be known that many Jinyang nobles and generals have struggled for most of their lives without getting such a position and treatment.
This is why Li Tai said that Gao Cheng understood.
Generally speaking, there is always a question of sincerity in recruiting people to surrender. Whether it is sincerely recruiting people for their own use or simply being trapped by the situation and having to do it, the difference is huge.
For those who are ready to change jobs, even if the treatment they get is slightly worse, they will probably choose the former. If they choose the latter, when the time passes, they will be abandoned in a minute.
The series of conditions proposed by Gao Cheng were not only generous but also sincere. Li Tai could even feel that he was eager to change the basic military and political structure of the Eastern Wei Dynasty created by his father during his lifetime.
Li Tai's identity was very diverse. He was not only a general of the Western Wei Dynasty, but also a direct member of the Longxi Li family. And this latter identity was more useful in the Eastern Wei Dynasty. Most of the Longxi Li family members, including other Guandong clans, basically stayed in Guandong.
The conditions Gao Cheng offered to Li Tai were to have the territory, the land rights, and the specifications.
As long as he was willing to accept the conditions and surrender to the Eastern Wei Dynasty, he would become the leader of a force in an instant, and not only a local force in the border area, but also a profound impact on the overall political order of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, even more important than Hou Jing.
For ordinary powerful military leaders, if they were to develop their power in Heluo at this moment, they might face pressure from various forces such as the Western Wei Dynasty and Hou Jing. As a surrendered person, they might not be able to obtain the trust and full assistance of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and they might face a catastrophe at any time.
But Li Tai is not an ordinary person. He is the most outstanding rising star in the Western Wei in recent years. His existence itself represents the most outstanding achievement of the Western Wei military reform in the past few years after the Battle of Mangshan, and he is now Dugu Xin's son-in-law.
If he rebels, it will inevitably set off a series of bad reactions from top to bottom in the Western Wei, directly negating the achievements of Yuwen Tai's military reforms over the years, and deepening the gap between the elders of the Northern Town and intensifying the contradictions. This alone can make the Western Wei unable to take care of itself, and it will be difficult to have greater power to seek and utilize external development opportunities.
The Guandong clan is a considerable political force in the political structure of the Eastern Wei. Since Gao Cheng took office in Yedu, he has been trying to win over and show goodwill to this group. The two Cuis he reused are representatives of them.
However, this political force also has an obvious disadvantage, that is, it does not have considerable military strength. Once it encounters the threat of war, it will not only fail to provide Gao Cheng with reliable military support, but will also fall into great danger.
For example, during the Hou Jing Rebellion, the Jinyang nobles were not eager to suppress the rebellion, but used it to threaten Gao Cheng to kill Cui Xian. In the final analysis, Hou Jing was also a member of the Jinyang nobles or the Beizhen tyrants, while the Hebei nobles like Cui Xian were the political enemies with sharp contradictions.
If Li Tai joined the Eastern Wei, the Guandong nobles would immediately have a powerful military representative. Gao Cheng could also use this to adjust the situation of Jinyang's military dominance, making the comparison of forces between the parties more balanced.
At a young age, Li Tai has already defeated She Diqian, Hu Lujin and other senior figures in Jinyang. If he is recruited by Gao Cheng again, and Gao Cheng communicates with these nobles in Jinyang in the future, he will naturally You will have a great psychological advantage.
And Li Tai was not a source of water in the Eastern Wei Dynasty. As long as this flag was erected, he would be able to quickly unite a large number of members of the Hebei family, and it would be much smoother for Gao Cheng to replace the Eastern Wei Dynasty.
In other words, Li Tai is still in the stage of ranking in terms of seniority and waiting for promotion in the Western Wei Dynasty. There is no need to think about the old guys in the Six Pillar Kingdom. It is still a little reluctant to be among the twelve generals.
But as long as he can seize the city and surrender, it will be a great achievement of Gao Cheng's external personnel, and he will definitely be attracted as a confidant and even a political ally. He will soon become a military and political boss and an important bargaining chip to balance the military and political structure of the Eastern Wei Dynasty. .
When the elders of Jinyang's nobles gradually take a back seat in the future, Li Tai may become the military boss second only to Duan Shao in the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi Dynasties. But when it comes to their influence on the Jinyang court, these Jinyang nobles All of them may not be able to compare with him.
With the military support provided by Li Tai, those who died in the Qianming coup in the future may be the elites of Jinyang such as Duan Shao and Hu Luguang, and by the way, even Lou Zhaojun will be packed away.
Li Tai's thinking was divergent, and the more he thought about it, the more excited he became. From a purely profit perspective, if he can take advantage of the trend and defect to the Eastern Wei Dynasty, it will really not be a loss. Anyway, his dream is just a trick. Who can defeat him and not defeat him?
But the biggest question is, who would think that there is a future in working with a boss who can't even control the cook? Chen Yuankang? Damn, even a cook can take my job away from me, and even a working Ludu has to register and queue up!
What Li Tai imagined was from the most ideal perspective, but there were still a lot of problems. The most basic one was the problem of getting along with the Kanto clan.
It is undeniable that members of the family, due to their family education, reputation, etc., are of extraordinary significance to the stability of a political power in the current troubled times of the Middle Ages. But at the same time, their monopoly on political resources and promotion channels has also reached an alarming degree.
To put it bluntly, these members of the family were the political barnacles of various regimes in the Middle Ages. As long as a hole was released, they could quickly breed a large colony, transforming the vitality of a regime into the nourishment of a family.
Li Tai believed that as long as he surrendered to the Eastern Wei Dynasty, a large number of Guandong aristocratic families would come to join him. This would greatly expand the manpower under his command and at the same time quickly reduce the space for him to recruit talents from other channels.
They were able to quickly establish themselves in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, but they also made his power quickly become rigid and completely reduced to a tool to fight against Jinyang Xungui, without any more room for growth.
This is just based on the consideration of pros and cons. From an emotional point of view, Li Tai will naturally not choose the Eastern Wei Dynasty.
His beloved wife and close friends are all in Kansai, and all the social relationships he has formed in this world are also in Kansai. All of this has a great bond with him, and he cannot just throw it away and start over somewhere else.
Therefore, after thinking for a while, he looked at Chen Yuankang and replied: "It was just a conquest, and I did not have the right to receive envoys. But after seeing the name of my dearest relative for so many years, I couldn't bear to refuse, so I I take the liberty to welcome you here.
Boshan is an ordinary husband in the world. He is able to win the favor of the venerable due to his small deeds. He is sincerely frightened and grateful. However, the status of his status is probably due to his actions as a follower of the family. He has not heard any news for a long time, so he does not dare to leave or stay privately. Moreover, Prime Minister Yu Wen's kindness and kindness are very strong here. He does not abandon each other because of his shallowness. It will benefit me a lot in virtue and work. The so-called kindness of rebuilding and kindness is like a close relative. If he abandons it, his virtue and justice will be greatly damaged.
Chen Youcheng sent my relatives to gather here today. I am truly grateful and deeply honored to meet a famous person from Hebei. But when we meet today, we only discuss personal friendship. Please Your Majesty, please don't make any grand remarks based on this and damage my integrity. "
As an important staff member of the Overlord of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, Chen Yuankang naturally understood the profound meaning of this condition issued by the Crown Prince, but he did not expect that Li Tai refused so simply and made it clear that he did not want to continue this topic. He was also stunned. He was stunned, and then said after a moment of astonishment: "The general's open-mindedness and simple virtues are really touching. In troubled times, moral relationships are greatly damaged, and it is not easy for close relatives to reunite. Yuan Yasu will no longer bother you, please stay away. Let the generals gather with their relatives at a table."
He knew that no matter how attractive the conditions were, since he and Li Tai had just met for the first time, his persuasiveness was very limited. He still had to let his relatives who stayed in Hebei seriously persuade him to understand what this condition contained. It means so much.
Seeing that Chen Yuankang was so knowledgeable, Li Tai took him to another hall to entertain him, leaving room for himself and his relatives to talk. When Chen Yuankang was just sent out, Li Zhongju, who had been patient for a long time, hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Brother, my mother told me before leaving that you are not allowed to return to Guandong under any circumstances! This, this is my mother's blood stabbing. Book……"
While speaking, Li Zhongju opened his outer robe, tore off the lining, took out a silk book and presented it to Li Tai. Li Qianzhi, who was traveling with him, was stunned when he saw this scene, obviously not knowing about it.